ROSES 119 



Bride, Bridesmaid, Maman Cochet, Marie Van Houtte, Mme. 

 Charles, Mme. Lambard, and Mile. Abel Chatenay. 



Hybrid Perpetual Roses. This famous group of Roses has 

 its origin in the Damask Perpetual which was crossed with 

 the Bourbon, Hybrid Chinese, and other closely allied kinds, 

 and all the varieties have been raised since the year 1844. 

 The h.-p.'s, as rosarians called this class for the sake of 

 brevity, are more in request to give those beautiful flowers 

 seen at the exhibition, perfect specimens of form and colour, 

 but not always so perfect or desirable in the garden. There 

 is no question that the hybrid-perpetual is for the garden 

 doomed to partial extinction through the raising of so many 

 charming Tea-scented flowers, brilliant China, or Monthly 

 Roses, flowers far more worthy of the name perpetual than 

 those so christened, possessing also greater delicacy of colour 

 and form. But we hope the day is far distant when the hybrid 

 perpetual Roses, flowers of intense colour, deep crimson, pink, 

 rose and white, and many other shades, and filled with richest 

 perfume, will disappear. We have need of them. 



Standard Roses. When these are desired the planter would do 

 well to select them from the hybrid perpetual race, except a few from 

 the climbing Tea-scented and Noisette sections to vary the colouring ; 

 but, as a rule, bushes or " dwarfs " are the most suitable for the beginner. 

 The hybrid perpetuals are easily produced by budding or from cuttings, 

 which are called "own-root" plants. Eour stocks are usually employed, 

 however: cutting and seedling briars, the Hedgerow Briar, for the 

 formation of standards, and the Manetti, which is the worst of all stocks 

 for the garden ; it is necessary for the exhibitor, because it promotes 

 large and early flowers. It may be interesting to mention that when 

 the soil is heavy loam the briar-cutting should be used. A deep clay 

 is suitable for the seedling briar. Some kinds are excellent for bed- 

 ding if a brief display will satisfy. They are excellent Eoses for pots, 

 and should be grown thus in cold frames. 



Climbing Roses under Glass. Climbing Eoses succeed best 

 when they can receive plenty of heat and moisture after flowering the 

 first time to perfect new wood for the following season. The old wood 

 is partially cut away when the flowers are gathered, and by giving heat 

 and moisture fine new rods are produced, which should be well ripened. 

 Climbing Eoses also succeed well if the long growths produced the pre- 

 vious summer are bent down on a framework of wire or wood about a 

 foot from the side benches. A flower-bud, with of course a short stem, 

 will start from nearly every one of the eyes. After flowering cut the 

 shoots back hard to promote fine long rods early in the year. This is 

 only possible where artificial heat is available. Unless that is so it is 

 better to leave the growths unpruned and thin them when they become 

 crowded or too old, merely shortening the laterals to one or two eyes. 



Marechal Niel Rose under Glass. This glorious Eose deserves 



